Jessica Tang, an Oral History
Oral History
When Teachers Mobilize Oral Histories
When Teachers Mobilize Oral Histories
In 2019, the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions—the union membership rate—was 10.3 percent, down by 0.2 percentage point from 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.
In 1820 Lowell, known as East Chelmsford, MA at the time, had a population of 200 and was a farming community. Thirty years later, the population had grown to 33,000 and one could find 32 textile mills in existence there. Lowell was an ideal location for these mills because it was located near the Merrimac River. The river supplied the water necessary to run these factories.
Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.
Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.
One of the most significant struggles for workers’ rights began on January 12, 1912, in Lawrence, Mass., when thousands of textile workers began a walkout that would come to be known as the Bread and Roses Strike, the Lawrence Textile Strike, and the Singing Strike. Read an overview and find teaching resources below.